Electric clothes presser



1,562,246 -c R., NELSON l ELECTRIC CLOTHES PRESS-EE,l

`FiledvJam. 5, 1.95- Sheets-Sheei "l INVENTOR ATTORNEY ELECTRIC CLOTHES lPRESSER ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES 'PATiEiia'rA OFFICE.

cHARLEs n. NELSON, 'or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

ELECTRIC CLOTI-IES PRESSER.

appiicaion' mea 'January a, 19215. Serial No. 307.

To all wihom'z'lt may concern: l

Be it known that I5 CHARLES R. NELSON, a citizen of the'United States, and a resi dent of Seattle, in the county of KingV and State' of lfashington, haveinvented certain new and useful 'Improvements in Electric Clothes Pressers, of which the` following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in electric clothes pressing machines andA the object ofmyinvention is to simplify and increase the efficiency of ,clothes pressing machines of this nature. Y

-A further object is to provide in Ia clothes )ressino machine a oadded iiessinr buck b h having. means around the edge of the buck t. v4for' supplying steam between the buck 'and the' 'pad that coversv the face vof the buck.

Another object is toprovide an electric clothes pressing' niachine'that is equipped Iwith simple and compact bucks wherein simple and eficient electric heating elements of standard construction are disposed.

A further Objectis to provide means for creating a suction through a pressing buck 1 to clean the clothes and draw the dust out ofthe saine'as they are being pressed and to dispose of excess steam. Other and more specificobjects wiii be 'apparent'- from the following -description taken in .connection with the accompanying' drawings.

In thedrawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of an electric clothes pressing machine constructed in accordance with my invention. v A Fig.*2 is a side elevation of the saine. Fig. 3 lis a plan view looking down into the upperbuck with the cover and heat insulating packing removed to reveal the ar-I rangement of' the heating elements.

Fig. 4 is'a view 1n cross-section on a l larger scale of the twobucks.

back 8 to prevent clothes draw out dust- :tromclothes that are being pressed and to draw. steam down through said clot-lies, the-.dust and steam thu-s drawn outl being disposed o1 through any suitable discharge pipe 19 connected with suction fan 14. 'A padding 17 ot' porous .n'iaterial is Aprovided on buck 11.

18 is an upper buck imrvably supported on curved arms 2O that are-pivoted by-shaft 2l to the upper ends of rigiifl'braeket membersI 22 that extend upwardly from. support. G at therear ot the machine so that the upper buck 1S may be lowered squarely ou. top ol they lower buck 1l or may be lizt'ted up- .wardly clear of thel lower buck as shown in Figs. land 2. A spring 23 secured to a short lever arm 2l serves to lift the upper buck 1S and to hold the same. in au elevated position, tliehspring preferably being just strong enough to litt the weight ot'buck 18.

'Buck 18 is lowered by a pedal 25 that is pivoted at 2Gto support G and is connected by a link 27 with a lever arm 28 on shaft 21.

A turiibuckle 30 aiidspri-iig 31 may be included in and form a part' of link 2.7 to alford adjustmeiitand resilience t'o the connection. The only time that a relatively [heavy pressure need be exerted on pedalA 425l is whenfthe same is at vthe bottoinot its stroke and upper buck 18`ib pressed down onto lower buck 11; the -lever 28 is arranged so that its etlective leverage will be at a n'iaxiinuni' at this time thus affording greaterlpiessure when needed and greater speed as the' buck 18 is moved toward' the y upper limit of its movement.

The structure of the upper buck 18 isan important feature of this invention. Said buck comprises a shallow relatively long tapered housing member having a-pi'essiiig :tace 32 and side flanges 33..tliat Jforni a receptable` wliereinthree, more or less, long flat. electric heating elements 3= t`of the form comn'ionly termed space l heaters are dis-v posed. The space heaters 3ft are relatively flat in construction and rest flat against the inner 'surfaceof the pressing face 32 of' the buck. Screws 35 at the ends of the space heaters secure the 'same to the buck. A relatively thick pad36 of heat insulating material, as asbestos, is disposed on the-top of the space heaters 34 and a cover plate 37 secured over the top of the buck.' The lieating elements Blf are connected in parallel with suitable circuit wires 38 through which current may be supplied,

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43 of said upper buek.-`

.i .'40 is a steamlsupply.pipe that extends `partially or entirely v'around vthe buck 18 near the lower edge thereof,` and is provided'at intervalswith relatively small perforations 4l` arrangedfso as to directjets of steam out over 0r under the pressing face 32. '-IheA pressing face 32 is covered by a' pad,- preferably made up of a layer of line .Wire mesh 42 disposed adjacent the pressing face v32v and an external pad 43 formed of one or more layers of relatively porous fabric The external. pad 43 in preferably drawn )upwardly over the stea1nf`p1`pe-4O and' secured' tothe sides of the buck so that the `steam fromzthe pipe 40 is directed inwardly t through the space occupied by the wire mesh 42 between the presser face 32 and-the pad 43 whereby such steam may pass outwardly through pad `32 to dampen .the :clothes that are bei-ng pressed and,help heat the pad 43.- I find that this-method of supplying steam is very advantageous in an electrically heat# and the pipe 40 being covered The pipe 40 is connected by a pipe or con-y duit 44 'with an automatically 'foperated valve 45 which may, in turn, be connected by a pipe 46 with the upper part of a boiler..

47. 'An 'electric heater 49 of` .the' .form commonly termed abayonet type heater connected with the boiler 47 to heat. the water and-produce steam therein. Afrelief or safety valve 48 and water gauge 50 are preferably provided 'on the boiler.

that receives water from an open receptable 53 into which Watermay be readily poured.

' The Valve 45 is preferably arranged to be closed by a spring and is yadapted to be opened by engagement oi. a pin or`lug' on the link V27 with a handle or lever inemi .ber '5 on the -valve so that when 'the upper buck is raised as shown in the drawings the 'valve 45 will be closed butv when thenpper buck is lowered the valve 45 will be opened and permit steam to How into 'the pipe 40 just as the buck' is" brought down onto the clothes that are being pressed,fwhich steam will be 'forced outwardlly'through the .pad

The yboiler' 47 is arranged to be filled by 'apipe.\ 5l connecting the beiler 47 with a pump 52 additional valve 39 is preferably provided in pipe 46 for perv manentlyshutting 4of the steam.

In the usual operation of this clothes pressing machine the'npper buck is heated and the water in the'boiler 47 is heatedysuf- 4iciently to generatesteam and produce'a pressure .in the boilenthatwill forceth'e to be pressed are placedon ythewlower buck when the upper 'buck is raised and the heated upperbuek is then brought downv iirm'lyonto'fsuch clothes by pressing the -foot lever As the upper buck approachesthe lowermost limit of its movement the .valve isautomatically-opened .and steam is forced .out through the pad of 4the upper buck to meisten thefelothes and further heat the upper buclrpad. The suction through the lower buck 'draws dust and loosel dirt out oit-the clothes and draws the steaml down-through the clothes 4thus `both cleaningthe clothes and taking ca-reiof excessnsteam thatwouldotherwise.

be objectionable.

i For certain Iclasses of work as 1n steaming `velvet or plush steamis preferably admitted to the'bottomvbuckalso, This may be done by providing a two way Valve `5 5- in pipe 13 and connecting the same with boiler 47 by ak pipe. .5G- so that either a vvacuum or steam pressurejmay be producedl in lower buck 11.'. l

The foregoing description .and accom-l panying vdrawings clearly ldisclose a preferred Aembodiment of. my invention but it will be'understood that changes `in the same I claim: Ina clothes pressing 'machine a buck having a pressing face, a steam conduit pipe'cx tendingaroundsaid buck adjacent the .edge thereofand 'ha ing perfor-ations for directing stealninwardly acrpss the pressing face" of said buck,'.a layer of wire mesh covering the'face of said buck and forming porous means or'permittmg an even distribution and over said steam said blick.

The foregoing specilicatiou signed at Seattle, llVashington this 20th day of. Docember, 1924.

CHARLES 1R. NELSON;

'steam out through the pipe 40. The clothes f may be madefwithi'n the scope and spirit of .the following clailn.

.of said steam and a fabricprcssing pad cove ering saldwire mesh and extending 'around pipe vand secured to 

